'Huge honour more than I can express': council presiding member re-elected
Pembrokeshire’s presiding member has been re-elected to the role, saying it is “a huge honour that means more to me than I can express”.
Pembrokeshire’s presiding member has been re-elected to the role, saying it is “a huge honour that means more to me than I can express”.
Pembrokeshire County Council leader of seven years David Simpson, who officially stepped down today, has been praised for leading the county with “skill, dignity and openness”.
Pembrokeshire’s new council leader Jon Harvey has promised to bring “compassion and transparency” and a willingness to work with other political groups after a narrow election victory in County Hall today, May 10.
A £1m scheme for a “20-storey-high” wind turbine at a listed Pembrokeshire mansion has been backed at a meeting of full council despite members hearing 90 per cent of the power generated would be sold at a profit.
A call to allow council officers the ability to suspend the empty properties council tax premium for Pembrokeshire homes under renovation is to be considered by senior councillors.
A call for a full review – or even rescinding – of Pembrokeshire’s 2024 council budget, which saw an 11th hour drop in a proposed 16.3 per cent council tax rise, is to come under council scrutiny.
A call for Haverfordwest’s transport interchange to come under the scrutiny of full council was defeated by just one vote, but the project as a whole will see a cheaper version built, to the tune of more than £10m.
Pembrokeshire politics has seen a political shake-up today, May 8, with its largest political group on the council choosing a new leader and deputy, promising to be “a critical friend” of the ruling administration rather than “opposing for the sake of opposition”.
Conservative hopeful for the new Westminster seat of Ceredigion Preseli has officially launched his campaign, saying he will “bring a sense of hope and ambition back into politics”.
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